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U.S. Department of Defense awards $61.9 million contract to SUNY Polytechnic Institute to advance AI and defense-focused innovation

SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) has been awarded a landmark $61.9 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to equip the U.S. Army with advanced, data-driven analytical tools. The award, one of the largest in SUNY Poly’s history, solidifies the institute’s position as a premier leader in applied artificial intelligence and defense-focused innovation.

Funder: U.S. Department of Defense

SUNY Poly joins $19.9 million National Science Foundation initiative to accelerate AI-driven materials discovery

SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) is playing a key role in a new national research initiative led by Rice University, which has received a $19.9 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The project will use artificial intelligence, robotics, and cloud-based laboratories to accelerate the discovery and manufacturing of next-generation electronic and quantum materials.

Genetic ‘switches’ could program 3D-printed bone tissue for blood vessel growth

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An interdisciplinary team of engineers and chemists at Penn State has laid the groundwork to 3D print spheroids — tiny clusters of living cells — capable of regenerating bone tissue in response to severe trauma or infections. The process layers the fundamental building blocks of an organ tissue, known as bioprinting, and can create cell clusters optimized to support bone tissue regeneration.

Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal

New imaging method reveals hormone-driven brain changes

University of Delaware
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Fluctuations in estrogen influence the brain, helping reshape connections between neurons. In a new study, University of Delaware researchers showed that a specialized imaging technique called magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) can detect estrogen-dependent mechanical changes in the hippocampus, a brain region involved in memory and learning, across the reproductive cycle.

Journal: Brain Communications

Sandia Laboratories partnership on technologies to strengthen electric grid

University of Texas at Dallas
Business Announcement

Officials from The University of Texas at Dallas and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Sandia National Laboratories recently signed an agreement to collaborate to advance energy storage, power electronics and energy conversion technologies to help strengthen the nation’s electric grid.

Study of behavior-related digital dieting apps finds different effects of persuasion-related features

Carnegie Mellon University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new longitudinal study, collaborating with a Pittsburgh-based, nutrition-focused mobile health company, researchers examined the effects of two distinct features of diet-related apps. Each feature produced different outcomes, providing practical guidance to those designing apps of this kind.

Journal: International Journal of Information Management

UTIA hosts Southern Weed Science Society’s Weed Contest

University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
Business Announcement

The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture hosted the Southern Weed Science Society's annual Weed Contest in Knoxville, Tennessee on August 5 and 6.

Global health tech competition aims to accelerate innovation improving cardiovascular and brain health

American Heart Association
Grant and Award Announcement

The American Heart Association, a relentless force changing the future of health for everyone, everywhere, is now accepting applications for its 2026 Health Tech Competition, connecting market-ready solutions with opportunities to scale into real-world cardiovascular and brain health care.

How 35% of US employees are left on the margins

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Book Announcement

MIT economist Paul Osterman’s book, “Disposable Workers: The Transformation of Employment,” examines the wide range of workers with no prospects of promotion, or in short-term, part-time, or freelance roles, who now make up 35 percent of the U.S. workforce.